Introduction Experts claim an increase in the number of people with type 2 diabetes due to increasing population, obesity prevalence, ageing and physical inactivity. Previous research, as well as existing data, reveals a possible gap in diabetes management, whereby current interventions are not efficient enough to achieve their expected health […]

Health care financing in the United States has taken huge strides over the past two decades. In 2000, the Long-Term Care Security Act was passed by congress. This provided a program to provide long-term care insurance for federal employees, civilians, uniformed armed services and military retirees. The Clinton administration had […]

Article 1 (Herring et al., 2018). Policymakers have been interested in evaluating the value that nonprofit healthcare organizations with a tax-exempt status provide. This article employs data from various government bodies from 2012 to assess the value of tax-exempt hospitals to the community. In the U.S., about 60% of all […]

Optimal nurse staffing is vital for the general healthcare system as well as nursing as a profession. Staffing impacts on nurses’ ability to deliver quality and safe care in various practice environments. Staff shortages due to cost-cutting measures, complex patient needs, aging populations and aging workforces are just but a […]